Thomas Hylland Eriksen TEENTALK

Why anthropologists have the answer

15/11/20166:30 pm - 8:30 pm

During his short visit, Thomas Hylland Eriksen held a vibrant interactive session with Brussels teenagers, on the impacts of the world’s accelerating change and how anthropology can help us understand and deal with them.

3-4.30PM Full Circle TeenTalk

Listen, talk, exchange with anthropologist Thomas Hylland Eriksen and other young participants at the first Full Circle TeenTalk.

TICKETS: €5 BOOK HERE
Registration is compulsory
Location: Muntpunt. Place de la Monnaie 6, 1000 Bruxelles
Language: Talk & discussion is in English

ABOUTThomas Hylland Eriksen is among the most distinguished anthropologists of our times. He is currently Professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo, and leads the Overheating project funded by the European Research Council. A prolific writer, he has authored many books and has contributed considerably to popularising social anthropology through his work. He writes and talks in many genres about the contemporary world, what it means to be human and how the world can be made a better place. When not teaching, writing, or speaking around the world, you can find him absorbed in people watching in Trinidad or Mauritius.

GOOD READS
Overheating: an anthropology of accelerated change (2016), Globalization, the key concepts (2014), A history of anthropology (2013), A world of insecurity (2010), Small places, large issues (2010), What is anthropology? (2004), Tyranny of the moment: fast and slow time in the information age (2001).

Full Circle Teen Talks are an opportunity for young audiences (aged 14-18yrs) to interact – listen and talk – with inspiring and innovative thinkers and do-ers from around the world, on subjects relevant to you, in a relaxed context.